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PHILADELPHIA — On Oct. 16, a group of women with ancestral ties to colonial America placed a marker in a Southwest Philadelphia cemetery at the second of Elizabeth Griscom Claypoole’s three graves. They did this knowing that the woman, also known as Betsy Ross, isn’t there. In her busy afterlife,

Colorado College will join more than 100 other institutions of higher learning and require all 2,700 students and employees on the campus north of downtown Colorado Springs to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide proof before returning to campus for the fall semester.  “It’s the most effective and safest way to get back to Colorado College experience of in-person, residential living and learning,”  said Brian Young, college vice president for information technology and chief tech...

Edited by: Susan Chang Ratspeak is the the shrill and sly language of the rats of New York City’s subway. When a curious boy is granted his wish to speak and understand the secret language of the rats, he brings a curse upon his home. “Ratspeak” is a standalone story by the acclaimed author of Vassa in the Night (Tor Teen, September 2016).   At the darkest end of the subway platform after one in the morning, a song. Endless notes pipe out of the tunnel, and I know they mean something, b...

Sacred Heart School honored for patriotism Eighth graders Nicholas Gallow of Moosup, left, and Joshua Lodyko of Griswold raise the American flag during a ceremony Jan. 29 at Sacred Heart School in Taftville. (Photo by Kevin Gorden) Tom Callinan from the Norwich Area Veterans Council, left, presents a certificate of appreciation to eighth grade students Ava Wasilewski of Preston and Anthony Debartolo of Lisbon at Sacred Heart School in Taftville. These were the two students Callinan saw take dow...